Terence Blanchard(I)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording
artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever
compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New
Orleans where he studied with the Marsalis brothers at the famed New
Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. In 1980, he won a scholarship to
Rutgers University and immediately began performing in the Lionel
Hampton Orchestra. Two years later, he succeeded Wynton Marsalis in the
legendary Jazz Messengers before forming his own influential groups.
Blanchard originally began performing on Spike Lee's soundtracks,
including "Mo Better Blues" in which he ghosted the trumpet for
Denzel Washington. Blanchard lives in New Orleans with his wife, Robin, and his
four children.
